四、阅读理解：共15小题;每题3分。共45分。阅读下列短文，然后根据短文的内容从每小题的四个选择项中选出最佳的一项。
根据以下材料，回答下面试题
When you are little, th.e whole world feels like a big playground. I was living in Conyers, Georgia the summer it all happened. ! was a second grader, but my best friend Stephanie was only in the first
grade. Both of our parents were at work and most of the time they let us go our own ways It was a hot afternoon and we decided to have an adventure in Stephanie' s basement. As !
opened the basement door, before us lay the biggest room, full of amazing things like guns, dolls, and old clothes. I ran downstairs, and spotted a red steel can. It was paint. I looked beyond it and
there lay even more paint in bright colors like purple, orange, blue and green.
"Stephanie, ! just found us a project for the day. Get some paintbrushes. We are fixing to paint. " She screamed with excitement as I told her of my secret plans and immediately we got to work. We
gathered all the brushes we could find and moved all of our materials to my yard. There on the road in front of my house ,we painted bit stripes(条纹 ) of colors across the pavement (人行道).Stripe by stripe, our colors turned into a beautiful rainbow. It was fantastic !
The sun was starting to sink. I saw a car in the distance and jumped up as I recognized the car.
It was my mother. I couldn' t wait to show her my masterpiece. The car pulled slowly into the drive-way and from the look on my mother' s face, I could tell that I was in deep trouble.
My mother shut the car door and walked towards me. Her eyes glaring, she shouted," What in the world were you thinking? I understood when you made castles out of leaves, and climbed the
neighbors' trees,but this! Come inside right now!" I stood there glaring back at her for a minute, angry because she had insulted(侮辱) my art.
"Now go to clean it up!" Mother and I began cleaning the road. Tears ran down my cheeks as I saw my beautiful rainbow turn into black cement.
Though years have now passed,I still wonder where my rainbow has gone. I wonder if, maybe when I get older, I can find my rainbow and never have to brush it away. I guess we all need sort of
rainbow to brighten our lives from time to time and to keep our hopes and dreams colorful.
第36题单选 What did the writer want to do when his mother came home?
A. To introduce Stephanie to her.
B. To prevent her from seeing his painting.
C. To put the materials back in the yard.
D. To show his artwork to her.
第37题单选 The underlined word "rainbow" in the last paragraph refers to
A. the rainbow in the sky
B. the stripes on the pavement
C. something imaginative and fun
D. important lessons learned in childhood
第38题单选 It can be learned from the passage that parents should..
A. encourage children to paint
B. value friendship among children
C. discover the hidden talent in children
D. protect rather than destroy children' s dreams
根据以下材料，回答下面试题
Student participation (参与)in the classroom is not only accepted but also expected of the student in many courses. Some professors base part of the final grade on the student' s oral participa- tion. Although there are formal
lectures during which the student has a passive role (i. e. , listening and taking notes), many courses are organized around classroom discussions, student questions, and informal lectures. In graduate
discussions the professor has a "manager" role and the students make presentations and lead discussions. The students do the actual teaching in these discussions.
A professor's teaching method is another factor(因素) that determines the degree and type on student participation. Some professors prefer to control discussion while others prefer to guide the class without controlling it. Many professors encourage
students to question their ideas. Students who object to the professor' s point of view should be prepared to prove their positions.
In the teaching of science and mathematics, the controlling mode of instruction is generally tra- ditional, with teachers presenting formal lectures and students taking notes. However, new educational
trends have turned up in the humanities and social sciences in the past twenty years. Students in edu-cation, society, and history classes, for example, are often required to solve problems in groups, design projects, make presentations, and examine case studies. Since some college or university
courses are"practical" rather than theoretical, they pay more attention to "doing" for themselves.
第39题单选 "Participation in the classroom is not only accepted but also expected of the student" in many courses except in
A. science and mathematics
B. the humanities and social sciences
C. informal lecture courses
D. discussion courses
第40题单选 From the passage we know that education in the humanities and society
A. has not changed much
B. pay attention to students' studying instead of teachers' teaching
C. is much more important than that of science and mathematics
D. has become more practical than theoretical
第41题单选 The reason why some professors ask students to make presentations and lead discussions is that
A. these professors are often not well prepared before class
B. these professors want to stress "doing"
C. these professors want to test the students' abilities
D. these professors are not willing to teach theory
第42题单选 Which of the following sentences is true according to the passage?
A. Student participation is not common in the classroom in many courses like society.
B. Some professors want to control the classroom discussion.
C. Some professors usually want the students to take part in the teaching of science and mathematics.
D. New educational trends have turned up in teaching of natural sciences such as chemistry.
根据以下材料，回答下面试题
Lisa was running late. Lisa, 25, had a lot to do at work, plus visitors on the way:her parents were coming in for Thanksgiving from her hometown. But as she hurried down the subway stairs, she started
to feel uncomfortably warm. By the time she got to the platform, Lisa felt weak and tired-- maybe it hadn't been a good idea to give blood the night before, she thought. She rested herself against a post close to the tracks.
Several yards away, Frank ,43, and his girlfriend ,Jennifer,found a spot close to where the front of the train would stop. They were deep in discussion about a house they were thinking of buying.
But when he heard the scream, followed by someone yelling," Oh, my God, she fell in!" Frank didn't hesitate. He jumped down to the tracks and ran some 40 feet toward the body lying on the rails.
"No! Not you!" his girlfriend screamed after him.
She was right to be alarmed. By the time Frank reached Lisa, he could feel the tracks shaking and see the hght coming. The train was about 20 seconds from the station.
It was hard to lift her. She was just out. But he managed to raise her the four feet to the platform so that bystanders could hold her by the arms and drag her away from the edge. That was where
Lisa briefly regained consciousness, felt herself being pulled along the ground, and saw someone else holding her purse.
Lisa thought she'd been robbed. A woman held her hand and"a man gave his shirt to help stop the blood pouring from her head. And she tried to talk but ,,he couldn't, and that was when she realized
how much pain she was in.
Police and fire officials soon arrived, and Frank told the story to an officer. Jennifer said her boyfriend was calm on their 40-minute train ride downtown--just as he had been seconds after the rescue,which made her think about her reaction at the time. "I saw the train coming and I was thinking he was going to die," she explained, o
第43题单选 What was the most probable cause for Lisa's weakness?
A. She had run a long way.
B. She felt hot in the subway.
C. She had done a lot of work.
D. She had donated blood the night before.
第44题单选 Why did Jennifer try to stop her boyfriend?
A. Because they would miss their train.
B. Because he didn't see the train coming.
C. Because she was sure Lisa was hard to lift.
D. Because she was afraid the train would kill him.
第45题单选 How did Frank save Lisa?
A. By lifting her to the platform.
B. By helping her rise to her feet.
C. By pulling her along the ground,
D. By dragging her away from the edge.
第46题单选 When did Lisa become conscious again?
A. When the train was leaving.
B. After she was back on the platform.
C. After the pohce and fire officials came.
D. When a man was cleaning the blood from her head.
第47题单选 he passage is intended to
A. warn us of the danger in the subway
B. show us how to save people in the subway
C. tell us about a subway rescue
D. report a traffic accident
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